The Po family’s chain restaurant and food service group Shakey's Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. is gearing up to expand in the United States by setting up a wholly-owned subsidiary. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its board of directors had approved the incorporation of...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is stepping up its efforts to make the Philippines a leading logistics hub in Asia, in line with President Ferdinand Marcos' goal. During the SCMAP Supply Chain Conference 2024, DTI Undersecretary Jean Pacheco outlined their comprehensive strategy to...
A young executive of Aboitiz Power Corporation has spilled the inconvenient truth that renewable energy (RE) developers have been distorting the ‘cheap electricity narrative’ because of their proclivity to downplay other cost components linked to the variability of their technologies –...
I’m not sure what prompted me to try to negate all these notions of mine that everything has become worse, not just the climate, not just the state of the environment, not just the conditions in the wild, which we have tamed to our own detriment, not just in terms of our shrinking attention span...
Three Filipino companies have been named in Forbes Asia’s 2024 "100 to Watch" list, highlighting rising small businesses and startups throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Forbes Asia recognized Philippine companies Lista and Zed, both in the finance industry and Mober, a firm in the...
The Philippines is expected to have an opportunity to strengthen its bilateral cooperation with other Asia Pacific countries in terms of disaster risk reductions. Typhoon Carina aftermath (MB File Photo/Noel B. Pabalate) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Assistant Secretary...
Hello Kitty fans, it's time to rejoice! Join us for a dazzling month-long celebration as we mark 50 years of everyone's most adorable best friend, Hello Kitty from Aug. 22 to Sept. 22, 2024, at the Central Atrium of SM Mall of Asia. Hello Kitty, whose full name is Kitty White, made her debut in...
NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia that would transmit energy by submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the 30 billion Australian dollar ($19 billion)...
Po family-controlled chain restaurant and food service group Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures, Inc. (SPAVI) dropped 13.9 percent to P421 million in the first half of 2024 from the P489 million generated in the same period last year as costs surged. Amid a soft consumer environment, the Group said it...
AirAsia Philippines is further expanding in Japan by introducing Nagoya as its third destination. One of the largest cities in Japan, Nagoya is home to over two million residents, 57,000 of which are Filipinos. To celebrate this milestone, the World's Best Low-Cost Airline is offering a P888...
Nickel Asia Corporation reported a 35 percent drop in attributable net income to P1.12 billion in the first half of 2024 from the P1.75 billion earned during the same period last year due to lower nickel prices. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the firm said earnings before...
Eight out of 10 Filipinos are open to the proposal banning the use of mobile phones in schools, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Tuesday, August 6. A Pulse Asia survey commissioned by the Office of Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian shows that 76% of Filipinos support cellphone ban in schools. The...
